Hi Bill
Have you tried this?
#target indesign
var myDocument = app.documents.add();
var myDocument = app.documents.item(0);
var myPage = myDocument.pages.item(0);
var myTextFrame = myPage.textFrames.add();
myTextFrame.geometricBounds = [72, 72, 288, 288];
myTextFrame.contents = "This is some example text."//var myTextFrame = app.activeDocument.textFrames[0];
var myButton = convertToButton(myTextFrame);
function convertToButton(obj){ app.selection = [obj]; var maCreateButton = app.menuActions.item('$ID/$$$/Dialog/CmdName/CreateButton'), ret; if( !maCreateButton.isValid ) returnfalse; maCreateButton.invoke(); ret = app.selection[0]; return ret;}
Suresh